{"id":18694,"date":"2016-08-02T14:00:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utmr.run\/?p=18694"},"modified":"2016-08-15T14:32:06","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T13:32:06","slug":"trail-running-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultratourmonterosa.com\/it\/trail-running-training-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"(Ultra) Tour Monte Rosa training camp on the 2017 UTMR route"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lizzy Hawker runs training camps around Monte Rosa<\/a>. These are part UTMR trail familiarisation trips, part running training camps, part trail running instruction from Lizzy<\/a>, if you ask her nicely. Covering around 170km in four days with some 11,000m of elevation change is a fantastic boost to your training for trail. It’s great preparation for UTMB runners, indeed this was Lizzy’s own training camp for the Ultra-Trail Mont Blanc trail race for many years, though in two days rather than four. (Recently she tested how the full Tour de Monte Rosa route course<\/a> felt in one continuous run.)<\/p>\n

Fly the Tour de Monte Rosa\u00a0on Google Earth<\/h3>\n

This is the full 2017 route, not split into stages. There will be a four-stage race alongside the ultra.<\/p>\n

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Day 1 of 4 – Gr\u00e4chen to Zermatt<\/h3>\n

39.5 km D+2554, D-2538\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The route follows the Europaweg with fantastic views in clear weather of one of the world’s iconic mountains. More about the first 40km here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/u>It’s worth mentioning the fantastic stone-carved statue of ogre-kill warrior after the first climb, just 30 metres off of the trail. Hopefully your own legs won’t feel as heavy as rock by then.\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n

<\/u>The trail is technical and tiring, but you’re rewarded in the last few kilometres with the\u00a0fast the descent into Zermatt \u2013 a really enjoyable section with the pine needle\u00a0covered forest trails.<\/p>\n\n\t\t